The January article, FX Monthly Outlook: Volatility Shakes it Up, discusses
how the U.S. dollar finished 2014 on a strong note, as traders bid up the
greenback to its highest level against many of its G-10 counterparts.

The December FX Monthly Outlook focuses on the
positive financial trend from October and continues as the dollar resumed its
strengthening trend against other major currencies. The biggest move happened
to be against the yen.

At an event held by Silicon Valley Bank in New York City for private equity clients and connections, Paul Tudor Jones II, founder of Tudor Investment Corporation, spoke to Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker about his outlook on the economy, his professional growth and the importance of relationships.

The U.S. dollar finished the month on a high note, following a much
needed correction. Since late July, the dollar has been on a strengthening tear
against virtually all major currencies, and by late September had reached a
technically overextended condition not seen since 1997. Now, with the
correction complete, the dollar is poised to resume its secular uptrend.

Innovation knows no borders. That was on crystal clear display recently
when Silicon Valley Bank invited some of the best-known Chinese and U.S. tech
companies to dinner to share thoughts on how they each fit in the global
innovation economy.

SVB is
offering a VAT webinar designed to offer practical updates on this complex area
of taxation. The discussion explains the VAT rules for goods and services to
and from Europe and the rest of the world, what returns businesses have to make
and where to get further help.